Kristina Winter, Irene Moor, Jenny Markert, Ludwig Bilz, Jens Bucksch, Kevin Dadaczynski, Saskia M Fischer, Ronja M Helmchen, Anne Kaman, Juliane Möckel, Katharina Rathmann, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Franziska Reiß, Theresa Schierl, Raphael Schütz, Saskia Sendatzki, Elisabeth Stürmer, Gorden Sudeck, Matthias Richter
BACKGROUND: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is one of the largest international studies on child and adolescent health and cooperates with the World Health Organization (WHO). In Germany, adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 are surveyed every four years about their health, health behaviour and social conditions. This article describes the HBSC study and in particular the methodology of the current 2022 survey and prior surveys conducted between 2009/10 and 2017/18. METHOD: 174 schools with a total of 6,475 students participated in the 2022 survey...
March 2024: Journal of health monitoring